18 U.S.C. § 7 : US Code - Section 7: Special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States defined

Search 18 U.S.C. § 7 : US Code - Section 7: Special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States defined

The term "special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the
United States", as used in this title, includes:
(1) The high seas, any other waters within the admiralty and
maritime jurisdiction of the United States and out of the
jurisdiction of any particular State, and any vessel belonging in
whole or in part to the United States or any citizen thereof, or
to any corporation created by or under the laws of the United
States, or of any State, Territory, District, or possession
thereof, when such vessel is within the admiralty and maritime
jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of
any particular State.
(2) Any vessel registered, licensed, or enrolled under the laws
of the United States, and being on a voyage upon the waters of
any of the Great Lakes, or any of the waters connecting them, or
upon the Saint Lawrence River where the same constitutes the
International Boundary Line.
(3) Any lands reserved or acquired for the use of the United
States, and under the exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction
thereof, or any place purchased or otherwise acquired by the
United States by consent of the legislature of the State in which
the same shall be, for the erection of a fort, magazine, arsenal,
dockyard, or other needful building.
(4) Any island, rock, or key containing deposits of guano,
which may, at the discretion of the President, be considered as
appertaining to the United States.
(5) Any aircraft belonging in whole or in part to the United
States, or any citizen thereof, or to any corporation created by
or under the laws of the United States, or any State, Territory,
district, or possession thereof, while such aircraft is in flight
over the high seas, or over any other waters within the admiralty
and maritime jurisdiction of the United States and out of the
jurisdiction of any particular State.
(6) Any vehicle used or designed for flight or navigation in
space and on the registry of the United States pursuant to the
Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the
Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other
Celestial Bodies and the Convention on Registration of Objects
Launched into Outer Space, while that vehicle is in flight, which
is from the moment when all external doors are closed on Earth
following embarkation until the moment when one such door is
opened on Earth for disembarkation or in the case of a forced
landing, until the competent authorities take over the
responsibility for the vehicle and for persons and property
aboard.
(7) Any place outside the jurisdiction of any nation with
respect to an offense by or against a national of the United
States.
(8) To the extent permitted by international law, any foreign
vessel during a voyage having a scheduled departure from or
arrival in the United States with respect to an offense committed
by or against a national of the United States.
(9) With respect to offenses committed by or against a national
of the United States as that term is used in section 101 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act -
(A) the premises of United States diplomatic, consular,
military or other United States Government missions or entities
in foreign States, including the buildings, parts of buildings,
and land appurtenant or ancillary thereto or used for purposes
of those missions or entities, irrespective of ownership; and
(B) residences in foreign States and the land appurtenant or
ancillary thereto, irrespective of ownership, used for purposes
of those missions or entities or used by United States
personnel assigned to those missions or entities.
Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to supersede any treaty
or international agreement with which this paragraph conflicts.
This paragraph does not apply with respect to an offense
committed by a person described in section 3261(a) of this title.